India, Feb. 8 -- Sitting alone quietly on a rock near the Ganges, the mind glides slowly into peace and your whole being experiences inner bliss. It makes one wonder how similar the flow of the river waters is to the flow of the mind. The water keeps changing and forming new patterns as it goes.

The water flows smoothly when no obstacle crosses its path but jumps up when irritated by even a small rock hampering its path. So does the mind. Wherever the river runs deep the surface is calm, but shallow waters make much noise.

When irrigation channels are cut to divert the water to the fields, the flow is slackened and loses power, but a unidirectional flow gathers tremendous power. When dammed, the energy of the flow is conserved. Then, if...